ancestry
an·ces·try [ancestry ancestries] BrE [ˈænsestri] NAmE [ˈænsestri] noun countable, usually singular, uncountable (pl. an·ces·tries)
the family or the race of people that you come from
•to have Scottish ancestry
•He was able to trace his ancestry back over 1 000 years.
Word Origin:
Middle English: alteration of Old French ancesserie, from ancestre, from Latin antecessor, from antecedere, from ante ‘before’  cedere ‘go’.
Example Bank:
•Humans share a common ancestry with chimpanzees.
•She shares a common ancestry with the Queen.
•The company claims an ancestry going back to 1727.
•The two species have developed from a common ancestry.
•We can trace our ancestry back to the 16th century.
•His eyes owed their startling blueness to his Irish ancestry.
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